Life — June 21, 1928 — page 22: what you’re looking at

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20 LIFE SN ———————_—_—___=_£=——S Tom Heflin’s home state just how he is connected with the Catholics. Come on, Will, Alabama's not for Smith so it might as well be you. ax The Southern Women’s Golf Tourna- ment came to a close here with a bang. Miss Marion Turpie, of New Orleans, is the new champion. ***Octavus Roy Cohen is planning on writing a Negro story, with the scenes laid around Birmingham. *e*The Jazz Singer” at the Strand is making a record in Birmingham for a long-run picture. Robert H. Brown. Ottawa Viscount Haroincet, who does the Gov- ernor General's aide de camping over to Rideau Hall, will get an aide de camp himself when he marries Margot Fleming of this town on Sat'day, September 15. On acc’t of the day picked for the wed- ding, folks are figuring the Viscount must have his Sat’day afternoons off, now. *°°The Soper girls, Em'ly and Kate, are in Europe. ***Henry Drayton, the well-known Sir, and wife, have gone back to Toronto to live, where Harry has a swell new job buying wine for the Liquor Board. Tough luck, Henry! *°*Gen. MacBrien and wife will have to move out of the Manor House in Rock- cliffe Park, same having been bought by the Norman Wilsons to live in. The Gen. says he don’t care much, as he’s leaving town anyway, &% Willis O'Connor is thinking of buy- ing a swell new home with hot and cold folding French doors, which both Dun and Bradstreet admit is all right by them.—Adet, Leslie Roberts. Boston Jorpan Marsn’s general store reports uite a brisk trade in bathing suits. q 8 ***Clarence De Mar is vacationing from his printer's case for a couple of months while he is on a free trip to Europe. Clarence took his running pants with him, gx Raymond's store had a couple of words spelled wrong in its ads. last week. ***Josef (Jack) Cucoshay (Sharkey) ex- pects to pick a fight with someone his size before the summer is over. ***Quite a few members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company are going to take a jog to London (Eng.) this month and we hope the printer is sure he spells “jog” with an ‘‘o.” **°The local Ford dealer reports the light blue ones are selling like hot cakes. **°Our supt. of felice, Michael Crowley, has reason to believe a couple of crooks were in town last week. &% Several — Sears-Rocbuck catalogues were received by local residents this week. We aren’t criticizing a bit, but we do feel money made in Boston should be spent right here in town. ***°Our popular local boy, Dan Barry, who has been appointed an American League umpire, is seeing different parts of the country. ***If you don’t see your name here, watch for it next week.—Advt. Neal O'Hara, Philadelphia News is scarce this week. *°*Fly-swatting and straw hat wearing are the order of the day. a Dr. Hirsch Herman, of 917 Pine Street, is making his thirty-third visit to Europe, he never tiring of same. *°°Mrs. Owen J. Toland is the new President of our Junior League, fulfillin her duties as such with charm and efh- ciency. ***Independence Day will be celebrated here next month, the nation having been born in this place. *°*Our zoo has just received two shoebill storks from far-off Africa, the same being the only pair of such now in America. C. Emerson Brown, director of the insti- tution, reports much progress lately. John Forbes. Newport Mayor Morr Suttivan plans to wear a wing collar to welcome Chas. Lindbergh, the noted aviator, when he visits here, if he ever does. *°°Chas. K. Champlin the popular mat- inee idle was in town recently in a re- vival of “How Gertie Got Her Ermine.” Newporters are looking forward to see- ing other old favorites as soon as the Casino Repertory Theater starts up with Mary Ellis and Basil Sydney of New York, who at this writing are expected to head the cast again, as last season. @ Island berries are elegant at this writing, as was native asparagus recently. ***Everybody who sees the pheasant stalking round the east end of Tailers Ocean Links has the pie stop and shoot but so far the bird has remained unharmed and Ocean Drive trippers are becoming quite used to it. *°°Hen Clews who spent considerable money trying to increase the height of the spout on Spouting Rock some time ago has found how impossible it is to improve upon nature for since the alterations in the rock it is not spouting worth shucks, Lloyd Mayer, Detroit As tHEse lines are being penned the De- troit Tigers are again mighty close to first place, reading backward, but say, Neal, against such fierce competition as that of the Boston Red Sox, can they stay there? ***Victor Kolar is playing his big sym- phony band aighly ce the Island, ad playing golf almost daily on the Detroit Club course. Speaking of skill—with his baton he hardly ever wastes a stroke, Vic says. ***Disciples of Izaak Walton from the corn belt of Ind. and Ill. are motoring through here by the score, enroute for the fishing grounds upstate. A right smart of avec among the finny tibe may be looked for in the near future, they reckon. «> Many fine improvements are noticed in the vicinity this summer, among them a red silo and a new roof for the barn on Jim Couzens’ farm north of town. This is the kind of thing that makes a Senator a real credit to his community, Jim. **°A real nice time is reported from Ann Arbor, where 2,156 boys and girls are graduating from the University this month, due to being educated. Elmer C. Adams. New York Patronize the Bon Ton Emporium and our other advertisers. ***Newman Levy is spending the heated term not far from Greenfield Hill, Conn. **°Ye scribe with traditional laconism is sawing his winter wood these Saturday afternoons. *°*Mr. and Mrs. Rube Goldberg have left N. Y. for the summer and are en sconced in Westport, Conn. ***Everybody nowadays is talking poli- tics, there being a good deal to be said on both sides, for all we know. *°*John Held, Jr., is back at Grindstone oon homa returt form: returt Me you t day. Da idea? gands public a ver simp) White comicbooks.com